CVE-2021-28711

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Ejecutar backends PV en dominios de controladores presenta una ventaja principal de seguridad: si un dominio de controladores est\u00e1 comprometido, no presenta los privilegios para tomar el control del sistema. Sin embargo, un dominio de controladores malicioso podr\u00eda intentar atacar a otros hu\u00e9spedes mediante el env\u00edo de eventos con una alta frecuencia, conllevando a una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio en el hu\u00e9sped debido a que intentar\u00eda dar servicio a las interrupciones durante largos periodos de tiempo. Se presentan tres backends afectados: * blkfront parche 1, CVE-2021-28711 * netfront parche 2, CVE-2021-28712 * hvc_xen (consola) parche 3, CVE-2021-28713"}], "id": "CVE-2021-28711", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:46:51.140", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 2.1, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.0, "impactScore": 4.0, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2022-01-05T17:15:09.017", "references": [{"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-391.txt"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-391.txt"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@xen.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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